Most folklore relates back to the story of Omoikane, telling the stories of the different champions within the pantheon. One of the most prevalent stories details the tale of a man named Shin who dies and travels to the spirit realm to communicate with Omoikane’s pantheon. Upon arrival, the man is confused and inquires about his situation. The pantheon tells that he will be sent back to the material world to be reincarnated around the year 100, during the time ninjutsu first became prevalent. He was to be a female born to a poor farming family. When questioned about going back in time, the pantheon retorted that time didn’t exist, and was only as unit of measurement made by man. They went on to explain that this man's human form is equivalent to an egg being primed to hatch. He is to experience the lives of everyone, death only sending him back to experience another life until he has reached enlightenment and understands the plight of his fellow humans. The moral of this story is to treat others the way you wish to be treated, because you may find yourself in their position sometime in life. This story, “The Faceless Being” is preached to the younger generation of Konoha in an attempt to instill morals into their youth.

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Within each of us there is a silence, a silence as vast as the universe. And when we experience that silence, we remember who we are.